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[Bug 692953] Re: XMLRPC automatic user creation and password recovery issue

 

Just pushed the fix. It is now ensured that password recovery is
requested for internal users only.

** Changed in: mahara
       Status: New => Fix Committed

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Title:
  XMLRPC automatic user creation and password recovery issue

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Something to think about. The use case is:

1. Create user in moodle that would have the similar username and email to the one that already exists in Mahara (ensure "we auto-create the user" is set in XMLRPC settings). Say, we created user "test1".
2. Login to Mahara from Moodle, the new user with amended username will be created (test11). At this point we have two different usernames with the same email in Mahara.
3. Now, if original test1 forgot a password, (s)he will only be able to use username-based recovery in "Lost username/password", entering email will ends with error "The email address or username you entered doesn't match any users for this site".

The easiest way is probably ensuring that password recovery can be requested for internal users only.





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